Does poor dental health predict becoming homebound among older Japanese?

BACKGROUND: Being homebound is an important risk factor of functional disability in older people. There is a possibility of bidirectional relationship between homeboundness and dental health. This prospective cohort study examined the association of dental health, which includes social function, on...

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Published in:BMC Oral Health
Main Authors: Koyama, Shihoko, Aida, Jun, Kondo, Katsunori, Yamamoto, Tatsuo, Saito, Masashige, Ohtsuka, Rika, Nakade, Miyo, Osaka, Ken
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852443/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27136935
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-016-0209-9
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